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Usually translated as joy, a better meaning is glory because it suggests pleasure in possession, Glory is an intangible thing, yet it can be gained or lost. While it is possessed it is displayed as a badge of honor. Glory encompasses joy, in that no glorying is possible without joy.

In relation to its paired complement Gyfu, Wyn is what results from gift giving. It is the natural reward for sacrifice. Sacrifice to the gods is repaid with success in battle and honor in life. Generosity brings all manner of rewards both tangible and spiritual. In the highest form Wyn is ecstasy, a merging with the divine Light.

Odin is mentioned in connection with this rune in an Anglo-Saxon poem, the Nine Herbs Charm:

For Woden took nine glory-twigs, he smote then the adder that it flew apart into nine parts.

The adder is the serpent in the Garden of Eden, a diminished for of dragon. The glory twigs are magic wands with runes cut into them representing nine natural forces. However, cutting anything with nine objects results in ten parts. Nine was used symbolically in the poem as a cycle of perfection, a trine of trinities. The number ten begins a new cycle and is therefore tangible. Smiting the serpent is implied as a spiritual act.

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MEANINGS:

UPRIGHT:

Glory in victory, delight in achievement, accomplishment, deserved prize, welcome honors, dignities, spiritual ecstasy, exaltation, divine reward, transcendence of obstacles, exultation, bliss.

REVERSED:

Intoxication, wild enthusiasm, delirium, excessive expectations, unrealistic plans, delusions of grandeur, mania, loss of touch with reality, possession by spirits, unfounded hopes, empty dreams of glory.

KEY: HAPPINESS